Annual List of Words to Be Banished

[Red Ranger]

"I'm a PC, and I wrestle porcupines in Mexico for money" and other alternatives. Guess what, Microsoft. These commercials actually convinced me never to buy a PC again.

Great. So now you pay even more money for a prestige product -- a Mac! They sure fooled you! -- RR

 

[LaxScrutiny]

You betcha.

A store clerk said that to me a couple of weeks ago. Fuck, the election is long gone, Palin is long gone, I never want to hear that again.

I'm usually kind to store clerks, having worked plenty of retail.

I just couldn't help myself, though. I slammed his head through the plate glass window, then sawed his neck on the broken glass untill his his head fell off. Then I took the store security tape and left out the back.

Say wha --? That's part of the vernacular in Northern Wisconsin, Minnesota, the Dakotas, and other areas "up nordt". My mother is from a very small town in central Wisconsin and she's always said that. It has *NOTHING* to do with Sarah Palin.

Bull. It has everything to do with Sarah Palin in locations where the phrase was never used untill last fall.

 

[trekkiedane]

On my monthly tour of comics I just found this one and thought it should be posted here:

 

[John Picard]

You betcha.

A store clerk said that to me a couple of weeks ago. Fuck, the election is long gone, Palin is long gone, I never want to hear that again.

I'm usually kind to store clerks, having worked plenty of retail.

I just couldn't help myself, though. I slammed his head through the plate glass window, then sawed his neck on the broken glass untill his his head fell off. Then I took the store security tape and left out the back.

Say wha --? That's part of the vernacular in Northern Wisconsin, Minnesota, the Dakotas, and other areas "up nordt". My mother is from a very small town in central Wisconsin and she's always said that. It has *NOTHING* to do with Sarah Palin.

Bull. It has everything to do with Sarah Palin in locations where the phrase was never used untill last fall.

If that's what you have to tell yourself to get to sleep at night.

 

[Red Ranger]

I've got a phrase a poster here has used in 2009 that I'd like to nominate, as it's already the most hackneyed phrase this year: "installed black president." ? Talking points from FauxNews, perhaps? -- RR

 

[Spot's Meow]

You betcha.

A store clerk said that to me a couple of weeks ago. Fuck, the election is long gone, Palin is long gone, I never want to hear that again.

I'm usually kind to store clerks, having worked plenty of retail.

I just couldn't help myself, though. I slammed his head through the plate glass window, then sawed his neck on the broken glass untill his his head fell off. Then I took the store security tape and left out the back.

Say wha --? That's part of the vernacular in Northern Wisconsin, Minnesota, the Dakotas, and other areas "up nordt". My mother is from a very small town in central Wisconsin and she's always said that. It has *NOTHING* to do with Sarah Palin.

It has to do with Sarah Palin around here. They said it at first to make fun of her, but now it's caught on and people are starting to say it more often. I've even noticed it on the BBS, people answering with "you betcha!" It's most certainly not a normal occurance around my area.

 

[John Picard]

You betcha.

A store clerk said that to me a couple of weeks ago. Fuck, the election is long gone, Palin is long gone, I never want to hear that again.

I'm usually kind to store clerks, having worked plenty of retail.

I just couldn't help myself, though. I slammed his head through the plate glass window, then sawed his neck on the broken glass untill his his head fell off. Then I took the store security tape and left out the back.

Say wha --? That's part of the vernacular in Northern Wisconsin, Minnesota, the Dakotas, and other areas "up nordt". My mother is from a very small town in central Wisconsin and she's always said that. It has *NOTHING* to do with Sarah Palin.

It has to do with Sarah Palin around here. They said it at first to make fun of her, but now it's caught on and people are starting to say it more often. I've even noticed it on the BBS, people answering with "you betcha!" It's most certainly not a normal occurance around my area.

Like I said,

That's part of the vernacular in Northern Wisconsin, Minnesota, the Dakotas, and other areas "up nordt".

 

[Lindley]

I'm confused. You seem to be agreeing and rolling your eyes at the same time.

 

[TGTheodore]

"Best Reviewed Movie".

Only about ten years old, that phrase, to me, means the grammar and spelling in the reviews was excellent. Paragraphs are properly designated and all sentences complete.

It does NOT mean the same as "most favorably reviewed movie."

--Ted

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Use of the suffix "-gate" to describe any scandal - any at all - other than Watergate itself, should have some kind of punishment such as death.

Also, I do so fucking well hate it when sports teams bitch about a "curse" just because they don't win for a few decades. There is no curse. There is only TEAMS THAT SUCK.

 

[TGTheodore]

Use of the suffix "-gate" to describe any scandal - any at all - other than Watergate itself, should have some kind of punishment such as death.

Hmmmm .. someone's seen Frost/Nixon recently.

--Ted

 

[Hoser]

Yes We Can

Someone hates Bob the Builder.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

Use of the suffix "-gate" to describe any scandal - any at all - other than Watergate itself, should have some kind of punishment such as death.

Hmmmm .. someone's seen Frost/Nixon recently.

No.

Yes We Can

Someone hates Bob the Builder.

Also no. (I barely even know who that *is*, to be honest.)

 

[Moocey]

Staycation and only staycation.

 

[M'Sharak]

What words/phrases would you like to add to the list?

I haven't read the thread yet, so these might be duplicates, but:

"back in the day" - especially when used by a twenty-something to refer to the year before last

"It's all good." - especially when delivered with that same dopey Beaky Buzzard amiability you hear in "Duhhh, yup! Yup!"

"back to ground zero" - Do people know what the term 'ground zero' originally meant? (And no, I don't mean what happened in New York in 2001, horrible as that was.)

 

[Aragorn]

CHANGE

That's the key word for every election. Hell, I live in a state that's dominated by one party, and that party CELEBRATED doing nothing to close the session because doing something that turns out to be unpopular might get you voted out of office. They actually said that! And their reelection commercials are about how they'll bring change!!!

There was a Cheers episode where a politician was at the bar during his campaign and Frasier kept bugging him to state what he meant by change. The politician continued to use his generic selling points and the crowd ate it up, pissing off Frasier even more because the politician said absolutely nothing.

 

[RJDiogenes]

Use of the suffix "-gate" to describe any scandal - any at all - other than Watergate itself, should have some kind of punishment such as death.

What about that Stargate cover-up at Cheyenne Mountain?

 

[Hermiod]

Use of the suffix "-gate" to describe any scandal - any at all - other than Watergate itself, should have some kind of punishment such as death.

What about that Stargate cover-up at Cheyenne Mountain?

You mean Analysis-of-radio-telescope-telemetry-Gate.

 

[RJDiogenes]

A likely story....

 

[Hermiod]

A likely story....

The 100% accurate story if you know what's good for you.